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Elahi Bux Soomro or Illahi Bukhsh Soomro is from Shikarpur, Sindh, a Pakistani senior politician and legislator. He was the 16th Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan.Elahi Bux Soomro was the acting President of Pakistan from 1999–1999 when President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar went abroad for medical treatment. He belongs to an influential political family of Sindh. He has held several federal ministries, including portfolios of Ministry of Industries and Production, Ministry of Housing & Works, Ministry of Defence Production, Ministry of IT, Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Ministry of Water and Power. He is one of few politicians who have been very close to Presidents and Prime Ministers Of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He has been a close and childh